No Longer

How did we fall so far? How did we get here? No one would have predicted this. We've compromised, we've 'just made do', we've lowered our expectations. We're so much less than we could be. We're worse than we were before. We've gossiped in the name of concern. We've chosen to fail in the name of living. We've lied and called it strength. We've hurt each other and shrugged. We are not living the way we were meant to. We keep trying to help each other out, but instead we're pulling each other down. It's like that example we saw this summer. One person stands on the ground and another person stands on a chair. They grab hands and pull. It's alot easier to pull the person on the chair down from it, than to pull the other person up onto the chair, especially when they are unwilling to do so. Then they're just dead weight that one has to carry around. We were all so strong, so sure, so solid. We were the examples. We were vessels of Christ. I don't even want to know what we should be called now. Encouraging each other in sin. Turning a blind eye to our faults. Some of us doubt our faith more now. Others have given up on it completely. Some of us allow it to come and go as it suits us. "I don't believe in God right now, but I know it will come back". Translation : "Life is stressful at the moment and I'm not drawing close to God so I can't feel his presence like I used to and I think he's abandoned me. So I'll just let him take the back seat for a while until he starts improving things for me or until I hit rock bottom". Our worldly knowledge is rapidly expanding, but our faith is still very immature. We are all still a huge part of each others' lives. But we are no longer the positive influences we used to be. We are no longer responsible choices and Godly morals. We are no longer excited for Bible studies, looking forward to chapel and being united in prayer. It's been just under a year, and we are no longer LITs.